Condi Rice said the president's disregard of U.S. law is safeguarding Americans from Al-Qaeda attack.  The President has said he broke the law in permitting the NSA's domestic surveillance of Americans and will continue to do so in order to keep America safe.

Today's WaPo sheds some light on the threats which the FBI's warrantless investigations have produced:

"...PETA general counsel Jeff Kerr called the FBI's conduct an abuse of power that punishes activists for speaking out.

"These documents show a disturbing erosion of freedom of association and freedom of speech that we've taken for granted and that set us apart from oppressive countries like the former Iraq," Kerr said, adding that the documents show no illegal activity by PETA. "You shouldn't have to wonder when you go to a speech at a college campus, or when you go to a meeting, whether you're being surveilled by the FBI. It goes back to the dark days of Nixon and the enemies list."

“John Lewis, the FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, told a Senate panel in May that environmental and animal rights militants posed the biggest terrorist threats in the United States, citing more than 150 pending investigations...”


Washington Post Article

Then there are those peaceful demonstrators, down at 24th and Camelback during Bush's fundraising gig for Kyl, who've been preserved on videotape by the Phoenix Police...